My Ken's Red looks poised to bloom for the first time since it put out 3 or 4 flowers the year after planting. It's probably been at least 8 years. The other two females, and the male which was set back, aren't looking as precocious.
I'm wondering, when its time, if somebody has a blooming male hardy kiwi I can come by and snip a bouquet from, to pollinize my Ken's Red. Assuming I'm not traveling at the time or something. I'm East of Vancouver WA.
Sorry Jafar,
I have some kiwi vines that I haven't labeled properly. I didn't mean you specifically, but I have seen nurseries where they've had terrible times identifying which vine they have until they are blooming. The male and female look very similar until you can see the flower if they're not labeled specifically.
JOhn S
PDX OR
In my case, only one of my 4 kiwi have bloomed. It's Ken's Red, and it made a couple of fruit, with no male around, the first year it bloomed. So I'm confident on this variety.
Dave gave me a couple of branches with male flowers today. Thanks! I was going to put them in a makeshift vase, but instead I grafted them to the vine. I don't expect them to take, but should keep them from drying up I think.
My kiwi female is finally flowering. Not sure of the variety, since all the male flowers died last year in the frost. This year I hope to get enough fruit to at least identify the female. The flowers are very yellow. Couldn't find so far any male flowers but the females may tell me if they are pollinated there were some male flowers. May do some grafting this winter if I can fine some kiwi scions.
Raspberry's are great though!
The first time my Ken's Red flowered, years ago, it made a couple fruit despite no males around.
This year I think I mis-timed and mis-managed the borrowed male flowers, most of the flowers have fallen off, but it looks like there could be a couple of fruit again.
I can probably harvest some Ken's Red scion for you this winter if you remind me.
I'm not sure if these are self pollenized, or parthenocarpic, or what. Or maybe they got a few grains of pollen transfered to them before the borrowed male flowers dried up.
But in any case, the other flowers shriveled up, including their stems, and fell off.
So these little fruitlets, have made it past that initial gate. I'm judging that they are likely viable because they are still there, looking health, with a green stem and ovary/fruit is much bigger than what they were when the petals were still present.
Idyllwild
simplepress
jafar
Marsha H
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